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Downloads never prompt for save/open and can't be found

microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

After upgrading IE7 w/ latest patches to IE8 on XP SP3, if I visit a site
that attempts to send me an XML file or other (e.g., .zip or .cdf) I get the
menu line request to allow the download but I can't find where it went as I
no longer am prompted with the Open/SaveAs dialog. Is content going to some
magic download location that IE8 added as a [dis]service?

Put a check by "Confirm open after download."
You should then get the "Open or Save" dialog for each download.
-
Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"wnm3" <wnm3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:96DFC373-050C-4295-A95D-1621561ED639@microsoft.com...
> After upgrading IE7 w/ latest patches to IE8 on XP SP3, if I visit a site
> that attempts to send me an XML file or other (e.g., .zip or .cdf) I get
the
> menu line request to allow the download but I can't find where it went as
I
> no longer am prompted with the Open/SaveAs dialog. Is content going to
some
> magic download location that IE8 added as a [dis]service?

Thank you -- actually, in the Security settings, I found that I needed to
enable the "Prompt for downloads" which was more general than having to set
it for each type of file.

"Don Varnau" wrote:
> Hi,
> I don't know why this has been reset, but you have to set this option for
> each file type.
>
> From Windows Explorer> Tools> Folder options> File types
> OR
> Control Panel> Folder options then File Types. Select [file type]> Advanced.
>
> Put a check by "Confirm open after download."
> You should then get the "Open or Save" dialog for each download.
> -
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "wnm3" <wnm3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:96DFC373-050C-4295-A95D-1621561ED639@microsoft.com...
> > After upgrading IE7 w/ latest patches to IE8 on XP SP3, if I visit a site
> > that attempts to send me an XML file or other (e.g., .zip or .cdf) I get
> the
> > menu line request to allow the download but I can't find where it went as
> I
> > no longer am prompted with the Open/SaveAs dialog. Is content going to
> some
> > magic download location that IE8 added as a [dis]service?
>

"wnm3" <wnm3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E194FBC-6C18-4274-8EAA-BA81081B71FC@microsoft.com...
> Thank you -- actually, in the Security settings, I found that I needed to
> enable the "Prompt for downloads" which was more general than having to
set
> it for each type of file.
> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I don't know why this has been reset, but you have to set this option
for
> > each file type.
> >
> > From Windows Explorer> Tools> Folder options> File types
> > OR
> > Control Panel> Folder options then File Types. Select [file type]>
Advanced.
> >
> > Put a check by "Confirm open after download."
> > You should then get the "Open or Save" dialog for each download.
> > "wnm3" <wnm3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:96DFC373-050C-4295-A95D-1621561ED639@microsoft.com...
> > > After upgrading IE7 w/ latest patches to IE8 on XP SP3, if I visit a
site
> > > that attempts to send me an XML file or other (e.g., .zip or .cdf) I
get
> > the
> > > menu line request to allow the download but I can't find where it went
as
> > I
> > > no longer am prompted with the Open/SaveAs dialog. Is content going
to
> > some
> > > magic download location that IE8 added as a [dis]service?